The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-06
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f5r Nv 'AanGfacttu - isrre-vn and
sIeet guns 10 replace the brass ones OI
home manufacture. Tue gun firm is 10
establish branch in the japanese En-
pire for this purpose.
T. temper steel tools take a s,ush
bucket - and wash is out clean, then
weigh out one ounce corrosive subl-
mate, put in two haudturs Of common
salt. aud STIR it up with two gallons
rain-wacer, heat the tools in hot lead.
and harden in this liquid and draw over
a charcoal FIRE.
The number Of artificial butter man
ufactories in the United States is about
twenty-five. There are nearly four thou
sand dealers in the article who handle
annually about dfty million pounds.
The amount exported each year will. ap-
prOximate half million pounds.
Stoves in Germany are constructed Of
porcelain in the shape Of an Old fashion
ed Cupboard a stranger would never
discern that theIe was any fire in them
unless so informed. The American
stove is. however, finding rapidly in
creasi0g favor, ard bids fair 10 suppiant
their primitive affair entirely.
Tie largest brUuz- casting ever under
taken in America was recently accom-
pIished in New York. The meta was
ninety parts copper and ten parts tin
and weighed 500 pounds. Il was ma g
for statue of General Meade, in Phils-
delphia. which. when flushed, VIII be
sixteen feet high and weigh five tons.
An enormous outlay is now required
on nearly all railroads, 10 strengi henIug
and rebuilding bridges TO Fl them for
the increased weight Of the engines now
being cons ructed. The additional
weight is 0ccasioned by :he requirement
Of greater dT4ught power in order TO
lessen the cost of freight transportation,
a French explorer has invented
portable bridge which Is made one hun
dred feet long, which length, it is th0',
will exceed the width Of most African
streams where it will be used. The
bridge is sectional and can be easily
transported 1. can be erected in less
than an hour and when fixed will sus
Tain tue weight ol hs'''Iy lauVh trains
anu wagons.
The experience Of fifty years in the
OolleI business LrauS an engineer 10 Tn
CONCLUSION lHal tLe reasons "hy Ooi'5IS
are constructed cyIiudrIcgl in shape are ::
This form is the strongest, permits Of
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had DOT tbs material. they made sii
one instead. ms II appears happeI
ed III 1872, and he carried the hat
FaTls that same year, Here 1t was in
medlately copied, and IN few years b
came regular style.
1t Is claimed that by a new prCCe
white wood car be made 50 tough as
require a cold chisel to split it. The u
suit is obtained by steaming the timC.
and submitting it to end press-re. tee
nicaIly upsetting " it. thus coupras
ing the cells and 1bers into one comma
mass. Il is The opiuion of those wi
have experimental with the process In
the wood can be compressed seventy #,
per cent. and that some timber vvri,
is now considered unfit for use in gu,
work "a carriage buirIiDe, couId ba me,
valuable by this means